Malcolm O'Kelly: All we could think about was poor Geordan

None of us care about yesterdays result, all that matters is that our teammate is enduring a nightmare

WHAT does it matter that we beat Scotland yesterday? The news about Geordan Murphy is a sporting disaster, not just for the team — and everyone knows what a special player he was for us — but for the man himself, lying in an Edinburgh hospital last night wondering why the hell this had to happen to him. It’s every player’s nightmare. This close to a World Cup you just want to get through the warm-up games and get out of there. My heart goes out to him.

The mood in the dressing room was as sombre as you might think. We were told how bad the injury was after the game and everybody just went silent. A compound fracture of the tibia. The hope now is that nothing has happened to his ankle joint. If not, then with the right care and attention he’ll be back for the Six Nations next